- This is How to Drink, the show about making cocktails,
and how to drink them.
I'm Greg, and I have never been a professional bartender.
I've never even had a job in a bar.
I don't worry too much about precision and technique
because at the end of the day, if the drink you like
is in the glass, you did it right.
Let's get going.
This week we're gonna make a Final Word,
Final Ward, Final, how do you say ward?
This week we're making a Final Word, Final, goddamn it,
Final Word, Final Ward, Final Ward,
Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward, Ward.
Okay, here we go.
Let's make a Final Ward, it's a variation.
(people laughing)
What, did I not do it?
- [Man] Ward, Ward! - Ward.
- Ward. - Ward, Ward.
War, War, War, Ward. - Ward!
- I'm Greg, this is How to Drink, the show about making
cocktails and how to drink them, and this week let's make
a Final Wo, Were, Ward, Word, Wor, Word.
Ward, Ward, Ward.
This week let's make a Final Ward.
This drink is a variation on the Last Word,
which is a gin-based drink, this is a rye-based drink
that comes to us from Phil Ward,
bartender at Death & Co.
'Cause it's the Final Were, Ward, Word,
Ward, the Final Word.
In case you haven't noticed, I have a little problem
pronouncing that, I don't know why,
probably because I'm partially drunk.
Without any further ado, there's not much more
to say about this except that this a really good drink.
Let's make it.
An ounce of lemon juice.
Now it's an ounce of Maraschino.
An ounce of rye.
I'm using a Rittenhouse Bottled-in-Bond rye,
excellent rye for cocktails, really top-notch,
pairs well with most things.
One ounce of Chartreuse, you're gonna want the green
Chartreuse, the yellow Chartreuse is mellowed,
I think with honey, but I could be wrong.
And that's our ingredients for this, equal parts,
so we've got ice in our shaker, let's shake this drink,
it's a shaken drink, so you've gotta shake it.
This drink is shaken, so shake it.
I'm gonna serve this drink in my favorite coupe.
I suggest you serve it in your favorite coupe.
Okay, so there it is.
A Final Ward, a Final Ward, yes!
Yes, Jesus, thank you!
(laughs)
There it is, a Final Ward.
I love this drink.
Oh man, that is so good.
It is just, it has a beautiful color,
it needs no garnish, it tastes phenomenal.
Well here's to you, Phil Ward.
For making a phenomenal drink.
It's very strong as well.
Chartreuse does not mess around,
rye of course, is a serious spirit,
this is a drink to put hair on your chest.
This is a drink that just kinda makes me wanna sing
and I can't sing, I get reminded of that every time
I try to by my wife, she tells me, "Do not sing."
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with another drink on How to Drink.
♫ Lay, lady lay
♫ Lay across my big brass